Death in Venice, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Robertson / Mynenko / Strauss, Muhly and others

With the new musical theatre production Death in Venice, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra returns to the Royal Theatre Carré for the first time in a long time. This unique co-production with Toneelgroep Amsterdam, soon to be known as Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA), is based on Thomas Mann’s classic novella and features newly composed music.In Death in Venice, Thomas Mann tells the story of von Aschenbach – a celebrated German writer representing Mann’s alter ego – who meets an innocent adolescent, Tadzio. The writer’s intense, uncontrollable infatuation ultimately leads to his spiritual and physical destruction. In Ramsey Nasr’s reworking as a musical theatre piece, the characters are performed by actors, but also by orchestral musicians and a singer. Music plays a leading role in the drama.

Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor: David Robertson

Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor: David Robertson

Strauss: Four Last Songs
Artist: Yuriy Mynenko (Countertenor)
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor: David Robertson
Arranger: Theo Verbey

Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor: David Robertson